Matt Wotherspoon Awards and Honors

Matt Wotherspoon
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Full Name: Matt Mark Wotherspoon

Born: October 6, 1991

Age: 27

Birthplace: Mountain Top, PA

Bats: R

Throws: R

Height: 6' 2"

Weight: 215

Draft: Round 34 (2014, NYY)

School: Pittsburgh

2017: Split the year between Double-A Trenton (15 games), Triple-A Scranton/WB (six games) and Norfolk (17 games)... Combined to go 6-2 with four saves and a 2.00 ERA in 38 games (one start) across the three teams... Between the three teams, allowed just three of 22 inherited runners to score... Opened the year with Trenton, where he went 2-1 with three saves and a 1.67 ERA in 15 outings for the Thunder... Held Eastern League batters to a .214 average, with right-handers hitting .185 (10-54) against him... Promoted to Scranton/WB on 6/9 and went 1-0 with one save and a 2.25 ERA in six games (one start) for the RailRiders... Traded to Baltimore on 7/2 and joined Norfolk on 7/4, going 3-1 with a 2.20 ERA in 17 games for the Tides... With Norfolk, held IL batters to a .202 average, with right-handers batting .131 (8-61) against him... Registered at least one strikeout in 16 of 17 games with Norfolk, including back-to-back four strikeout games (7/19 & 7/23) With Norfolk, held opponents to an .036 average (1-28) with RISP, including an 0-15 mark with RISP and two outs2016: Split the season with Double-A Trenton and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, combining to go 6-2 with eight saves and a 2.50 ERA in 36 games (three starts)…Held opponents to a .203 batting average (66-325)…Spent the majority of the season with Trenton, going 4-2 with a 2.66 ERA in 26 games (two starts)…Ranked among qualifying Eastern League relievers in batting average against (1st, .165), baserunners per nine IP (2nd, 9.05) and strikeouts per nine IP (4th, 10.24)... Appeared in 10 games (one start) for Scranton/WB, going 2-0 with three saves and a 2.01 ERA.2015: Combined to go 5-4 with a 4.05 ERA in 23 games (17 starts) between Class-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Class-A Charleston...Ranked fifth among Yankees farmhands with 112 strikeouts...Spent majority of the season at Charleston, where he went 4-3 with a 3.84 ERA...Led qualifying South Atlantic League hurlers with 10.35 strikeouts per nine IP...Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts, 9/7 vs. Augusta. 2014: Made his professional debut with Class-A Staten Island, going 2-3 with two saves and a 1.97 ERA in 17 relief appearances…Opponents batted .193 (22-114) against him…Named New York-Penn League Pitcher of the Week for 7/21-27 (1-0, 1 save, 6.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K).PERSONAL: Matt Mark Wotherspoon was acquired by Baltimore in a trade with the New York Yankees, in exchange for international bonus slot money, 7/2/17...Originally selected by the Yankees in the 34th round of the 2014 draft out of the University of Pittsburgh...Was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 20th round of the 2013 draft but did not sign...Pitched for four seasons at the University of Pittsburgh, and ranked second in program history in starts (50) and third in wins (23), strikeouts (257) and innings pitched (327.2)...Attended Crestwood High School (Mountain Top, PA), where he played football and was a member of the 2009 Wyoming Valley Conference Champion golf team.